If you have a ULR : Http://www.mysite.com/mywebpage.php, my question is how many Hyphens can you use in it. Http://www.my-site.com/another-one-of-my-web-page.php What is the upper number for a domain? I think 1. What is the upper number for a web page? I think 3 Also, check out the use of Hyphens vs Underscors: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=993080
I don't think there is any upper number... If for a domain you have 2 it is bad because it means you have a 3 words domain and that's bad, so probably you are right.
I think total allowed character in URL is 256 - you can use as many as you want within that number really
I read this a while back on Matt Cutts Blog. It's a bit old, but I haven't heard anything else on the subject since: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/
I don't any exact no. would be there for use of hyphens, still URL's with more and more hyphens will not look professional. Better to use 3 hyphens maximum in URL.
Well I don't think there were any limit yes i know that hyphens is better to underscore but there are not big different
You're asking all the wrong questions. SEO is about content, you should design your site for content. For domain names, you do not need any hyphens unless the domain you want has already been snatched up. Ideally, you should find one without hyphens and this isn't so much for SEO as much as for users who type in your domain to get to your site. For your pages, there is no "max" number of hyphens. Use what makes sense.
max 2 in the main domain name i say. anything above that human beings will have difficulty remembering. & obviously websites are for human beings. as for the inner pages, you can use as many as you want. again you might want to make sure that it is under 256 characters coz u don't want your filename to be truncated.
I think you need to check out the Google statement on the use of Hyphens vs Underscores: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=993080
You have missed the point, we all know that you can use upto 256 characters but what is the acceptable SEO limit. Is it 2 hyphen in the Domain name? Is it 3 hyphens in the file name? How many in a subdirectory? What are the limits and when does it start to hurt you?
Is it 2 hyphen in the Domain name? Is it 3 hyphens in the file name? How many in a subdirectory? Hyphens, from a search engine point of view, don't matter. Google, for example, is smart enough to recognize most word combinations, but it helps, especially in longtail urls with unusual word usage. What are the limits and when does it start to hurt you? I agree that url of 256 would be the limit, but I would try to stay at less than 100 characters. It shouldn't hurt you to use all the available characters in the url. In fact, you should try to maximize the word usage in the url, as much as possible. Don't worry about a limit of hyphens or underscores. As to "when does it start to hurt you" for a domain name with hyphens, you have to ask yourself what would be easy to remember for your users. Most of the public is used to domains without hyphens, which the hyphenated domain may look "unprofessional". The question is; is the domain more for your customers or the search engines? To be on the "safe side" for your customers, don't use hyphens in the domain (or limit to one only). That's my suggestion. Think about all those movie releases that are heavily advertised. They don't tend to use any hyphens in the domain. That is what the public is used to seeing.
I don't have personal experience with a large number of hyphens in the domain name, but I do have a number of pages with multiple hyphens because I like the page name to be readable to the naked eye. I have at least one page with six hyphens and there does not appear to be any difference in the search engines between it and other pages on the same site with fewer hyphens.